Car-replacer.



GAR REPLAGER.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 28, 1911.

' Patented June 11, 1912.

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UNITED STATES FATEN T OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MORRIS, OF GALENA, ILLINOIS, AND ALBERT GRUNEISEN AND FRITZ HOPPE, OF PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11113 11 1912 Application filed October 28, 1911.

Serial No. 657,287.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, WILLIAM H. MOR- RIS, ALBERT GRUNEISEN, and FRITZ Horrn, citizens of the-United States, VVILLIAM H. MORRIS being a resident of the city of Galena, county of J o Daviess, State of Illinois, and ALBERT GRUNEISEN and FRITZ Horrn residents of the city of Platteville, county of Grant, and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in devices for replacing derailed railway cars.

The object of our invention is the production of a replacer of the character mentioned adapted to be readily and expeditiously applied to a rail or detached therefrom.

A further object is the production of a car replacer which will be of an adjustable nature, one which will be of durable and economical construction and one which will be of high efficiency in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view our invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Our invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a section of a railway track to which is applied a car replacer embodying our invention, the replacer being shown in two positions, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section taken on line wm of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4. is a section taken on line y of Fig. 2.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a base member 1 which is of substantially rectangular form, the same being provided with a base flange 2 adapted, when the device is in use to rest upon the tie adjacent the rail in conjunction with which the replacer is employed. Provided at one side of the base member 1 is an engaging jaw 3 adapted, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 to take over the ball of the rail in conjunction with which the device is used. Threaded through the base member 1 is a set screw 4 the inner end of which is adapted to engage against one side of the rail so as to cooperate with the jaw 3 for securely fastening or clamping said base member in position thereon. The head of the screw 4 projects exteriorly as shown so that the samemay be readily engaged by a Wrench or other tool to rotate the same.

Provided in opposite sidesof the base member 1 are recesses 5 substantially semicircular in form as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The recesses 5 are provided for the reception of a tongue 6 of an inclined rail member 7 which is adapted to be pivotally connected with said base member 2 through the medium of a pin 8 adapted to engage registering openings provided in said base member and tongue, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The rail member 7 is thus secured to the member 1 in such a manner that the outer end thereof may be swung upon the pivot pin 8 to properly position the same for engagement with the wheels of the derailed car.

By providing recesses 5 in opposite sides of the member 1 provision is made whereby the rail member 7 may be attached to either side of the block for employment in the manner described in the following. Provided in the upper side of the member 1 are wheel-flange grooves 9 and 9 disposed in V-form as shown. The arrangement is such that when the rail member 7 is arranged at one side of the member 1 the inner edge of said rail 7 will register with the groove 9 and so that the flange of a car wheel traveling upon said edge of said rail will be received in said groove 9 and be directed toward the inner edge of the track rail. When the rail member 7 is arranged at the other side of the member 1 the wheel-flange groove 10 thereof registers with the groove 9 in the member 1 and so that the flange of a wheel traveling upon said rail member with its flange engaging the groove 10 will be received in said groove 9 and directed also toward the inner edge of the rail. Provided in the base 2 of the member 1 are depending studs 11 adapted to engage against the op posite sides of the tie upon which the former is arranged to prevent slipping of the device upon the tie. Provided in the under side of the rail member 7 are points 12 which are adapted to pierce the surface upon which the former is arranged so as to hold said rail member in its position of angular adjustment.

In using the replacer a pair of devices as above described are used, one being applied to each rail of the track, as shown in Fig. 1. The devices thus employed are identical in construction except that the grooves 9 and 9 provided in the upper surface of the base member of one are disposed oppositely to those in the other. The device positioned at the outer side of the track is so arranged that the rail member 7 thereof will cooperate with the groove 9 as above set forth. The device positioned between the track rails is so arranged that the rail member 7 cooperates with the groove 9. This being so in the event of the wheels of a derailed car being forced upwardly upon said inclined rail members 7, the flanges of said wheels will be brought to engagement with the grooves 9 and 9' of the respective devices, and by means of said grooves directed to their proper positions at the inner sides of the rails. Through the construction whereby provision is made for attaching the jaw of rail members 7 to either side of its base member, provision is made whereby each of the devices of the pair comprising the replacer can be arranged at either side of the rail, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, thus adapting the device for employment where the derailed car is positioned with its outer wheels at either side of the track.

A replacer of the construction set forth is durable and economical and the same may be readily and quickly applied for use.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carr ing our invention into effect, this is capable of modification and variation without departing from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A car replacer comprising a base mem ber having an engaging jaw at one side adapted to take over the ball of a rail; means in said base member adapted to be adjusted to engage against the rail to lock said base member thereto, said base member having two wheel flange grooves in its upper side disposed in V-form; an inclined grooved rail member adapted to be pivotally connected with said base member at the opposite sides thereof, one of said base member grooves being disposed for registration with the groove in said rail member when the latter is connected with one side of said base member, the other of said grooves being disposed for registration with one edge of said rail member when the latter is connected with the other side of said base member, substantially as described.

2. A car replacer comprising a base member having an engaging jaw at one side adapted to take over the ball of a rail; a set screw threaded in said base member adapted to be adjusted to engage against the rail to cooperate with said jaw for locking said base member to said rail, said base member having two wheel-flange grooves in its upper side disposed in V-form; an inclined grooved rail member adapted to be pivotally connected with said base member at opposite sides thereof, one of said base member grooves being disposed for registration with the groove in said rail member when the latter is connected with one side of said rail, the other of said grooves being disposed for registration with one edge of said rail member when the latter is connected with the other side of said base member, substantially as described.

3. A car replacer comprising a base member having an engaging jaw at one side adapted to take over the ball of a rail; means in said base member adapted to be adjusted to engage against the rail to lock said base member thereto, said base member hav- 1 ing wheel-flange grooves in its upper side; an inclined grooved rail member adapted to be pivotally connected with said base member at the opposite sides thereof; and depending studs on said base member adapted to engage against the opposite sides of a tie to maintainsaid base member rigidly in position, substantially as described.

4. A car replacer comprising a base member having an engaging jaw at one side adapted to take over the ball of a rail; meansin said base member adapted to be adjusted to engage against the rail to lock said base member thereto, said base member having wheel-flange grooves in its upper In testimony whereof we have signed our names to the specification 111 the presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

WILLIAM H. MORRIS. ALBERT GRUNEISEN. FRITZ HOPPE.

side; an inclined grooved rail member adapted to be pivotally connected with said base member at the opposite sides thereof; and depending studs on said base member adapted to engage against the opposite sides of a tie to maintain said base member rigidly in position, said rail member being provided with points at its under side for piercing the surface engaged thereby to prevent slippage, substantially as described.

Witnesses S. J. FLYNN, L. A.- BRUNOKHORST.

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